James Knowles III

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several Ferguson residents have started an effort to force a recall election of the city's mayor following a scathing Justice Department report on the police department and municipal court. Five residents have notified city hall that they've formed a committee to gather signatures to force the recall election of Mayor James Knowles III...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mayor of Ferguson says he tried in vain to get the National Guard deployed in his town as people burned and looted buildings in protest of a grand jury's decision in the Michael Brown case. Mayor James Knowles the Third was the lead witness last night as a Missouri legislative committee began hearing testimony on why the National Guard was not preemptively deployed i